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English professor shines new light on literature
• Date: January 30, 2005
English professor and novelist Steve Tomasula offers students an unexpected approach to the study of literature. p. I work against the idea of literature as a museum – where all the authors are dead,he says.People Im working with are alive – contemporary literature is an ongoing conversation, one that…
Lecture to focus on “Einstein’s Miraculous Year”
• Date: January 30, 2005
John Stachel, emeritus professor of physics and director of the Center for Einstein Studies at Boston University, will deliver a lecture titledEinsteins Miraculous Yearat 8 p.m. Friday (Feb. 4) in McKenna Hall at the University of Notre Dame. p. Notre Dame physicists Ikaros Bigi, Christopher Kolda and Grant Mathews…
Jewish scholar named Man of Reconciliation 2005
• Date: January 30, 2005
Rabbi Michael Signer, the Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the Man of Reconciliation 2005 by the Polish Council of Christians and Jews. The title is awarded each year to individuals from outside Poland who have made significant contributions…
HOT TOPICS: UN Oil-for-Food report AT&T/SBC; P&G/Gillette mergers Valentine’s Day Tax season Social Security reform War crimes trials Academy Awards
• Date: January 30, 2005
Note to the media: The following University of Notre Dame faculty members are available to discuss a variety of issues currently in the news. Click on the accompanying links for contact and other information. * UN Oil-for-Food report, George Lopez, professor of political science bq{MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px}. p. http://newsinfo.nd.edu/facultydetail.cfm?facultyid=377&topicid=259 *…
Tax Assistance Program to begin Feb.7
• Date: January 27, 2005
Accounting students from the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College are taking part in Notre Dame’s 34th annual Vivian Harrington Gray Tax Assistance Program (TAP) beginning Feb. 7 (Monday). p. The free program, in which volunteer tax preparers assist low-income taxpayers with preparation of their state and…
Lecture series to examine social ethics of different religions
• Date: January 27, 2005
The Program in Catholic Social Tradition and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame will present a lecture series this semester on the themeComparative Religious Social Ethics. p. The series will examine the teachings of different religious traditions regarding central themes of Catholic…
Sorin addressed need for campus post office in early years
• Date: January 26, 2005
Anyone familiar with Notre Dames history knows that the Universitys founder, Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., was a forceful, even blunt, leader who let nothing stand in the way of his vision for the institution. He wasone of those people who assume that they should be in charge and…
SUB to host “Race and Religion” slam poetry symposium
• Date: January 26, 2005
“Race and Religion,” a symposium featuring slam poets Byronn Bain, Jason Carney and Kevin Coval, will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 29) in the LaFortune Student Center Ballroom at the University of Notre Dame. A reception will follow. p. Sponsored by the Notre Dame Student Union Board,…
London architect to receive $100,000 Driehaus Prize
• Date: January 25, 2005
London-based architect Quinlan Terry, principal of Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects, has been awarded the third annual Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture by the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. Terry will receive a $100,000 cash prize and a bronze and stone replica of the Choregic…
Notre Dame ReSource: Fixing Hubble a “no brainer”
• Date: January 25, 2005
The Hubble Space Telescopes future is in further doubt amid recent reports that NASAs 2006 budget will not include a mission to repair the aging instrument. Instead, the reports quote unnamed White House officials as saying the budget earmarks funds to decommission Hubble. p. "White House to scrap Hubble?…
Notre Dame to contribute $173,000 for tsunami relief
• Date: January 24, 2005
The University of Notre Dame has collected $173,000 in contributions to assist relief efforts for victims of the tsunami which devastated the Indian Ocean region Dec. 26. p. The money collected by the University will be given to Catholic Relief Services, which is providing water and sanitation, constructing temporary…
Lego robotics tournament inspires engineers and junior scientists
• Date: January 23, 2005
Why would two dozen Notre Dame research engineers volunteer to spend a busy Sunday in December analyzing robots that children have made out of Lego bricks? p. Carol Osmer, coordinator of the annual FIRST Lego League Tournament atStepanCenter, has a few ideas: To promote science and engineering, encourage children…
Chicago students learn compassion, service at homeless shelter
• Date: January 23, 2005
CHICAGO — Angela Rizzo, who grew up in Chicago, is used to seeing homeless people. p. But the 21-year-old, a junior at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Ind., never saw the extent of the problem until she took the Urban Plunge in Chicago organized by the University of…
Winter Career and Internship Fair to be held Jan. 26
• Date: January 23, 2005
The University of Notre Dame will host its annual Winter Career and Internship Fair from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 26) in the Joyce Center fieldhouse. Sponsored by the University’s Career Center, the event is free and open to students from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s College, Holy Cross…
Four graduates to be honored by Alumni Association
• Date: January 23, 2005
Four University of Notre Dame graduates will receive special awards from the Notre Dame Alumni Association during ceremoniesFriday(Jan. 28) on campus. * Paul J. Kelly Jr., a 1963 graduate and U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals judge, will receive the 2005 Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Award, given annually…
Charlie Hustle
• Date: January 22, 2005
Mark Bavaro remembers the day he first met Charlie Weis . It was the summer of 1990 and the Giants were in the beginning of training camp at Fairleigh Dickinson in Madison, N.J. Bavaro and his teammates were resting outside the cafeteria when an overweight guy with a Jersey accent…
Provost Hatch elected president of Wake Forest University
• Date: January 20, 2005
Nathan O. Hatch, provost of the University of Notre Dame since 1996, will become the president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., on July 1. His election by the Wake Forest board of trustees was announced this afternoon by Murray C. Greason Jr., chair of the board and…
New director appointed for Minority Engineering Program
• Date: January 20, 2005
The College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame has appointed Ivan Favila director of the Minority Engineering Program (MEP). He joined the University in December. p. "I am excited to be part of the Notre Dame family and the MEP as we continue to work toward addressing…
Kroc scholar is author of new book on peace building
• Date: January 19, 2005
For 25 years, John Paul Lederach has traveled to areas of the world where conflict is a way of life – Northern Ireland, Nicaragua, Somalia, the Philippines and elsewhere – to provide conciliation training and direct mediation. He sees his work as a religious vocation that is both a…
New Notre Dame boss backs White
• Date: January 19, 2005
SOUTH BEND, Ind.Notre Dame’s incoming president, the Rev. John Jenkins, affirmed his support of athletics director Kevin White and defended the process that led to the controversial firing of former football coach Tyrone Willingham after three seasons.p(inside-copy). White has been criticized by fans for the performance of the football program…
Haiti Program strives to eliminate diseases of poverty
• Date: January 18, 2005
A Notre Dame program aimed at permanently halting the transmission of elephantiasis inHaitiis having the important added public health benefit of significantly reducing the burden of certain intestinal parasites. p. Hookworms, roundworms and whipworms may not be pleasant to contemplate, but the parasites infect more than 1 billion people…
Father McDonald to serve in Father Jenkins’ administration
• Date: January 18, 2005
Rev. James E. McDonald, C.S.C., rector of Saint Georges College in Santiago, Chile, has been appointed executive assistant to the president in the administration of the University of Notre Dames president-elect, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. p. "Father Jim McDonald is a highly accomplished administrator and dedicated Holy Cross…
Freshman student Daniel Kish remembered at Keough Mass
• Date: January 18, 2005
Friends and classmates of Daniel J. Kish, a Notre Dame freshman from Mishawaka, Ind., who died Saturday (Jan. 15), gathered Tuesday night in the chapel of Keough Hall for a Mass in his memory. p. Keough rector Rev. Peter Jarrett, C.S.C., and Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., vice president…
Notre Dame Magazine essays honored
• Date: January 17, 2005
Two essays published in Notre Dame Magazine in 2003 have been honored in the 2004 volume “The Best American Essays,” published by Houghton Mifflin Company. p. “When I Have Driven Far Enough,” by Notre Dame Magazine editor Kerry Temple, was named one of the “Notable Essays of 2003.” The…
Senior director appointed for MBA career development
• Date: January 17, 2005
Karen Dowd has been appointed senior director of MBA career development in the University of Notre Dames Mendoza College of Business, effective Jan. 1. She and her staff work with local, national and international companies and organizations interested in hiring MBA students for internships and full-time career opportunities. p….
New book on ethics by philosopher James Sterba
• Date: January 16, 2005
“The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics,” by James P. Sterba, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, was published this month by Oxford University Press. p. Sterbas book combines the approaches of historical and applied ethics to introduce students or general readers to the field….
Historian profiles Indiana Amish community in new book
• Date: January 13, 2005
A new book by historian Dorothy O. Pratt, assistant dean in the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, presents the history of an Amish community in northern Indiana and its survival as a cultural and ethnic entity over the past century. p. Published by…
Astronaut, alumnus James D. Wetherbee retires from NASA
• Date: January 11, 2005
Astronaut and University of Notre Dame graduate James D. Wetherbee has retired from NASA to pursue other interests. He flew six times aboard the space shuttle and is the only U.S. astronaut to command five space flights. p. Most recently, Wetherbee, 52, served as the space shuttle lead in…
When the world shakes
• Date: January 10, 2005
The 9-magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26 triggered tidal waves in theIndian Oceanwhich killed at least 156,000 people and left more than 5 million homeless.The horror seemed unprecedented, given the suddenness and scope of the catastrophe, the coincidence of a massive loss of human life with a joyful season, and…
Weis gives his best to Patriots and Notre Dame
• Date: January 10, 2005
FOXBORO, Mass.“You’ve got three minutes left.” Charlie Weis has patiently answered every question, but the demands on him are unending. As New England’s offensive coordinator, he needs time to design game plans that he hopes will lead to the Patriots’ third Super Bowl triumph in four years. As Notre Dame’s…
